NRS 177.015†††††††††† Appeals
to district court and Supreme Court. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and
after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011)
are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.015†††††††††† Appeals
to district court, court of appeals and Supreme Court. [Effective January 1,
2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved
and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.025†††††††††† Appeal
to Supreme Court taken on questions of law alone. [Effective through December
31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution
No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]

NRS 177.025†††††††††† Appeal
to court of appeals or Supreme Court taken on questions of law alone.
[Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.045†††††††††† Intermediate
order or proceeding may be reviewed on appeal.

NRS 177.055†††††††††† Automatic
appeal in certain cases; mandatory review of death sentence by Supreme Court.
[Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions
of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the
voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.055†††††††††† Automatic
appeal in certain cases; mandatory review of death sentence by court of appeals
or Supreme Court. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]

NRS 177.075†††††††††† Appeal
to Supreme Court: Notice. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that
date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved
and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.075†††††††††† Appeal
to court of appeals or Supreme Court: Notice. [Effective January 1, 2015, if
the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and
ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.105†††††††††† Stay
of execution upon sentence of imprisonment.

NRS 177.115†††††††††† Stay
of execution upon fine. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that
date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.115†††††††††† Stay
of execution upon fine. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the
2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.145†††††††††† Application
for relief pending review. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that
date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.145†††††††††† Application
for relief pending review. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of
Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters
at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.165†††††††††† Preparation
of record and papers on appeal. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after
that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.165†††††††††† Preparation
of record and papers on appeal. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions
of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the
voters at the 2014 General Election.]

DISMISSAL OR ARGUMENT OF APPEAL

NRS 177.205†††††††††† Dismissal
by Supreme Court. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date
unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and
ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.205†††††††††† Dismissal
by court of appeals or Supreme Court. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the
provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified
by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.215†††††††††† Date
for argument. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless
the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and
ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.215†††††††††† Date
for argument. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]

JUDGMENT UPON APPEAL

NRS 177.225†††††††††† Judgment
may be affirmed but cannot be reversed without argument.

NRS 177.245†††††††††† Defendant
need not be present. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date
unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and
ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.245†††††††††† Defendant
need not be present. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the
2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.265†††††††††† Determination
of appeal. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the
provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified
by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.265†††††††††† Determination
of appeal. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]

NRS 177.267†††††††††† Time
within which Supreme Court shall render opinion on appeal from judgment of
death. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the
provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified
by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.267†††††††††† Time
within which court of appeals or Supreme Court shall render opinion on appeal
from judgment of death. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the
2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.275†††††††††† Defendant
to be discharged on reversal without ordering new trial. [Effective through
December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]

NRS 177.275†††††††††† Defendant
to be discharged on reversal without ordering new trial. [Effective January 1,
2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved
and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.285†††††††††† Judgment
to be executed on affirmance. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after
that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.285†††††††††† Judgment
to be executed on affirmance. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of
Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters
at the 2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.305†††††††††† Jurisdiction
of Supreme Court to cease after certificate of judgment remitted. [Effective
through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the
2014 General Election.]

NRS 177.305†††††††††† Jurisdiction
of court of appeals or Supreme Court to cease after certificate of judgment
remitted. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]

_________

_________

APPEALS: WHEN ALLOWED, HOW TAKEN AND EFFECT THEREOF

††††† NRS 177.015Appeals to district court and Supreme Court. [Effective through
December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]The party
aggrieved in a criminal action may appeal only as follows:

††††† 1. Whether that party is the State or the
defendant:

††††† (a) To the district court of the county from a
final judgment of the justice court.

††††† (b) To the Supreme Court from an order of the
district court granting a motion to dismiss, a motion for acquittal or a motion
in arrest of judgment, or granting or refusing a new trial.

††††† (c) To the Supreme Court from a determination of
the district court about whether a defendant is intellectually disabled that is
made as a result of a hearing held pursuant to NRS 174.098. If the Supreme Court
entertains the appeal, it shall enter an order staying the criminal proceedings
against the defendant for such time as may be required.

††††† 2. The State may, upon good cause shown,
appeal to the Supreme Court from a pretrial order of the district court
granting or denying a motion to suppress evidence made pursuant to NRS 174.125. Notice of the appeal must be
filed with the clerk of the district court within 2 judicial days and with the
Clerk of the Supreme Court within 5 judicial days after the ruling by the
district court. The clerk of the district court shall notify counsel for the
defendant or, in the case of a defendant without counsel, the defendant within
2 judicial days after the filing of the notice of appeal. The Supreme Court may
establish such procedures as it determines proper in requiring the appellant to
make a preliminary showing of the propriety of the appeal and whether there may
be a miscarriage of justice if the appeal is not entertained. If the Supreme
Court entertains the appeal, or if it otherwise appears necessary, it may enter
an order staying the trial for such time as may be required.

††††† 3. The defendant only may appeal from a
final judgment or verdict in a criminal case.

††††† 4. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3 of NRS 174.035, the
defendant in a criminal case shall not appeal a final judgment or verdict
resulting from a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere
that the defendant entered into voluntarily and with a full understanding of
the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea, unless the appeal is
based upon reasonable constitutional, jurisdictional or other grounds that
challenge the legality of the proceedings. The Supreme Court may establish
procedures to require the defendant to make a preliminary showing of the
propriety of the appeal.

††††† NRS 177.015Appeals to district
court, court of appeals and Supreme Court. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the
provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified
by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]The
party aggrieved in a criminal action may appeal only as follows:

††††† 1. Whether that party is the State or the
defendant:

††††† (a) To the district court of the county from a
final judgment of the justice court.

††††† (b) To the appellate court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution from an order of the district court granting a motion to dismiss,
a motion for acquittal or a motion in arrest of judgment, or granting or
refusing a new trial.

††††† (c) To the appellate court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution from a determination of the district court about whether a
defendant is intellectually disabled that is made as a result of a hearing held
pursuant to NRS 174.098. If the
appellate court of competent jurisdiction entertains the appeal, it shall enter
an order staying the criminal proceedings against the defendant for such time
as may be required.

††††† 2. The State may, upon good cause shown,
appeal to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules
fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section
4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution from a pretrial order of the
district court granting or denying a motion to suppress evidence made pursuant
to NRS 174.125. Notice of the appeal
must be filed with the clerk of the district court within 2 judicial days and
with the Clerk of the Supreme Court within 5 judicial days after the ruling by
the district court. The clerk of the district court shall notify counsel for
the defendant or, in the case of a defendant without counsel, the defendant
within 2 judicial days after the filing of the notice of appeal. The appellate
court of competent jurisdiction may establish such procedures as it determines
proper in requiring the appellant to make a preliminary showing of the
propriety of the appeal and whether there may be a miscarriage of justice if
the appeal is not entertained. If the appellate court of competent jurisdiction
entertains the appeal, or if it otherwise appears necessary, it may enter an order
staying the trial for such time as may be required.

††††† 3. The defendant only may appeal from a
final judgment or verdict in a criminal case.

††††† 4. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3 of NRS 174.035, the
defendant in a criminal case shall not appeal a final judgment or verdict
resulting from a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere
that the defendant entered into voluntarily and with a full understanding of
the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea, unless the appeal is
based upon reasonable constitutional, jurisdictional or other grounds that
challenge the legality of the proceedings. The appellate court of competent
jurisdiction may establish procedures to require the defendant to make a
preliminary showing of the propriety of the appeal.

††††† NRS 177.025Appeal to Supreme Court taken on questions of law alone.
[Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions
of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the
voters at the 2014 General Election.]The
appeal to the Supreme Court from the district court can be taken on questions
of law alone.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1444)

††††† NRS 177.025Appeal to court of
appeals or Supreme Court taken on questions of law alone. [Effective January 1,
2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved
and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]The appeal to the appellate court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution from the district court can be taken on questions of law alone.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1444; A 2013, 1759,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.035Designation of parties on appeal.The
party appealing shall be known as the appellant, and the adverse party as the
respondent, but the title of the action is not changed by reason of the appeal.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1444)

††††† NRS 177.045Intermediate order or proceeding may be reviewed on appeal.Upon the appeal, any decision of the court in
an intermediate order or proceeding, forming a part of the record, may be
reviewed.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1444)

††††† NRS 177.055Automatic appeal in certain cases; mandatory review of death
sentence by Supreme Court. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that
date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

††††† 1. When upon a plea of not guilty or not
guilty by reason of insanity a judgment of death is entered, an appeal is
deemed automatically taken by the defendant without any action by the defendant
or the defendantís counsel, unless the defendant or the defendantís counsel
affirmatively waives the appeal within 30 days after the rendition of the
judgment.

††††† 2. Whether or not the defendant or the
defendantís counsel affirmatively waives the appeal, the sentence must be
reviewed on the record by the Supreme Court, which shall consider, in a single
proceeding, if an appeal is taken:

††††† (a) Any errors enumerated by way of appeal;

††††† (b) If a court determined that the defendant is
not intellectually disabled during a hearing held pursuant to NRS 174.098, whether that determination
was correct;

††††† (c) Whether the evidence supports the finding of
an aggravating circumstance or circumstances;

††††† (d) Whether the sentence of death was imposed
under the influence of passion, prejudice or any arbitrary factor; and

††††† (e) Whether the sentence of death is excessive,
considering both the crime and the defendant.

††††† 3. The Supreme Court, when reviewing a
death sentence, may:

††††† (a) Affirm the sentence of death;

††††† (b) Set the sentence aside and remand the case
for a new penalty hearing before a newly impaneled jury; or

††††† (c) Set aside the sentence of death and impose
the sentence of imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.

††††† NRS 177.055Automatic appeal in
certain cases; mandatory review of death sentence by court of appeals or
Supreme Court. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]

††††† 1. When upon a plea of not guilty or not
guilty by reason of insanity a judgment of death is entered, an appeal is
deemed automatically taken by the defendant without any action by the defendant
or the defendantís counsel, unless the defendant or the defendantís counsel
affirmatively waives the appeal within 30 days after the rendition of the
judgment.

††††† 2. Whether or not the defendant or the
defendantís counsel affirmatively waives the appeal, the sentence must be
reviewed on the record by the appellate court of competent jurisdiction
pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution, which shall consider, in a single proceeding, if an appeal is
taken:

††††† (a) Any errors enumerated by way of appeal;

††††† (b) If a court determined that the defendant is
not intellectually disabled during a hearing held pursuant to NRS 174.098, whether that determination
was correct;

††††† (c) Whether the evidence supports the finding of
an aggravating circumstance or circumstances;

††††† (d) Whether the sentence of death was imposed
under the influence of passion, prejudice or any arbitrary factor; and

††††† (e) Whether the sentence of death is excessive,
considering both the crime and the defendant.

††††† 3. The appellate court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution, when reviewing a death sentence, may:

††††† (a) Affirm the sentence of death;

††††† (b) Set the sentence aside and remand the case
for a new penalty hearing before a newly impaneled jury; or

††††† (c) Set aside the sentence of death and impose
the sentence of imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.

††††† NRS 177.075Appeal to Supreme Court: Notice. [Effective through December 31,
2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No.
14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]

††††† 1. Except where appeal is automatic, an
appeal from a district court to the Supreme Court is taken by filing a notice
of appeal with the clerk of the district court. Bills of exception and
assignments of error in cases governed by this chapter are abolished.

††††† 2. When a court imposes sentence upon a
defendant who has not pleaded guilty or guilty but mentally ill and who is
without counsel, the court shall advise the defendant of the right to appeal,
and if the defendant so requests, the clerk shall prepare and file forthwith a
notice of appeal on the defendantís behalf.

††††† NRS 177.075Appeal to court of
appeals or Supreme Court: Notice. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions
of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the
voters at the 2014 General Election.]

††††† 1. Except where appeal is automatic, an
appeal from a district court to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction
pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution is taken by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the
district court. Bills of exception and assignments of error in cases governed
by this chapter are abolished.

††††† 2. When a court imposes sentence upon a
defendant who has not pleaded guilty or guilty but mentally ill and who is
without counsel, the court shall advise the defendant of the right to appeal,
and if the defendant so requests, the clerk shall prepare and file forthwith a
notice of appeal on the defendantís behalf.

††††† 3. A notice of appeal must be signed:

††††† (a) By the appellant or appellantís attorney; or

††††† (b) By the clerk if prepared by the clerk.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1444; A 1971, 149; 1985, 62; 1995, 2457; 2003, 1469; 2007, 1423; 2013, 1760,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.085Effect of appeal by State.

††††† 1. An appeal taken by the State shall in
no case stay or affect the operation of a judgment in favor of the defendant;
but if the appeal by the State is from an order granting a motion to set aside
an indictment or information, and upon such appeal the order is reversed, the
defendant shall thereupon be liable to arrest and trial upon the indictment or
information. In all such cases any statute of limitations on the offense from
which the appeal is taken is tolled from the time the notice of appeal is filed
by the State until such appeal is heard and a ruling made thereon.

††††† 2. If the appeal by the State is from an
order allowing a motion in arrest of judgment, or granting a motion for a new
trial, and upon appeal the order is reversed, the trial court shall enter
judgment against the defendant.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1444; A 1969, 106)

††††† NRS 177.095Stay of execution upon sentence of death.A sentence of death shall be stayed if an
appeal is taken.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.105Stay of execution upon sentence of imprisonment.A sentence of imprisonment shall be stayed if
an appeal is taken and the defendant is admitted to bail.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.115Stay of execution upon fine. [Effective through December 31,
2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No.
14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]A sentence to pay a
fine or a fine and costs, if an appeal is taken, may be stayed by a Justice
Court, district court, or by the Supreme Court upon such terms as the court
deems proper. The court may require the defendant pending appeal to deposit the
whole or any part of the fine and costs in the registry of the court appealed
from, or to give bond for the payment thereof, or to submit to an examination
of assets, and it may make any appropriate order to restrain the defendant from
dissipating the defendantís assets.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.115Stay of execution upon
fine. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution
No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]A sentence to pay a
fine or a fine and costs, if an appeal is taken, may be stayed by a Justice
Court, district court, the Court of Appeals or by the Supreme Court upon such
terms as the court deems proper. The court may require the defendant pending
appeal to deposit the whole or any part of the fine and costs in the registry
of the court appealed from, or to give bond for the payment thereof, or to
submit to an examination of assets, and it may make any appropriate order to
restrain the defendant from dissipating the defendantís assets.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445; A 2013, 1760,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.125Stay of probation.An
order placing the defendant on probation may be stayed if an appeal is taken.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.135Admission to bail upon appeal.Admission
to bail upon appeal shall be as provided in this title.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.145Application for relief pending review. [Effective through
December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]If application
is made to a district court or to a justice of the Supreme Court for bail
pending appeal or for an extension of time for filing the record on appeal or
for any other relief which might have been granted by the trial court, the
application shall be upon notice and shall show that:

††††† 1. Application to the court below or a
judge thereof is not practicable;

††††† 2. Application has been made and denied,
with the reasons given for the denial; or

††††† 3. The action on the application did not
afford the relief to which the applicant considers himself or herself to be
entitled.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.145Application for relief
pending review. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]If application
is made to a district court, the Court of Appeals or a justice of the Supreme
Court for bail pending appeal or for an extension of time for filing the record
on appeal or for any other relief which might have been granted by the trial court,
the application shall be upon notice and shall show that:

††††† 1. Application to the court below or a
judge thereof is not practicable;

††††† 2. Application has been made and denied,
with the reasons given for the denial; or

††††† 3. The action on the application did not
afford the relief to which the applicant considers himself or herself to be
entitled.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445; A 2013, 1760,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.155Supervision of appeal.The
supervision and control of the proceedings on appeal shall be in the appellate
court from the time the notice of appeal is filed with its clerk, except as
otherwise provided in this title. The appellate court may at any time entertain
a motion to dismiss the appeal, or for directions to the trial court, or to
modify or vacate any order made by the trial court or by any judge or justice
of the peace in relation to the prosecution of the appeal, including any order
fixing or denying bail.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.165Preparation of record and papers on appeal. [Effective through
December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]All appeals
from a district court to the Supreme Court shall be heard on the original
papers and the reporterís transcript of evidence or proceedings. The form and
manner of preparation of the record and of other papers filed may be prescribed
by the Supreme Court, and to the extent not otherwise so prescribed shall
conform to the practice in civil cases.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445)

††††† NRS 177.165Preparation of record and
papers on appeal. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]All appeals
from a district court to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant
to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution shall be heard on the original papers and the reporterís
transcript of evidence or proceedings. The form and manner of preparation of
the record and of other papers filed may be prescribed by the appellate court
of competent jurisdiction, and to the extent not otherwise so prescribed shall
conform to the practice in civil cases.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1445; A 2013, 1760,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

DISMISSAL OR ARGUMENT OF APPEAL

††††† NRS 177.205Dismissal by Supreme Court. [Effective through December 31,
2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No.
14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]The Supreme Court may,
on its own motion or on motion of the respondent, dismiss an appeal:

††††† 1. If the appeal is irregular in any
substantial particular.

††††† 2. If the appellant has failed to comply
with the requirements for docketing of the record on appeal or filing briefs,
unless for good cause shown an extension is granted.

††††† NRS 177.205Dismissal by court of
appeals or Supreme Court. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of
Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters
at the 2014 General Election.]The
appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the
Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of
Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution may, on its own motion or on motion of
the respondent, dismiss an appeal:

††††† 1. If the appeal is irregular in any
substantial particular.

††††† 2. If the appellant has failed to comply
with the requirements for docketing of the record on appeal or filing briefs,
unless for good cause shown an extension is granted.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446; A 1985, 63; 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.215Date for argument. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and
after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011)
are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]Unless good cause is shown for an earlier
hearing, the Supreme Court shall set the appeal for argument on a date not less
than 30 days after the expiration of the time limited for filing briefs and as
soon thereafter as the state of the calendar will permit. Preference shall be
given to appeals in criminal cases over appeals in civil cases.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446)

††††† NRS 177.215Date for argument.
[Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]Unless good cause is shown for an earlier
hearing, the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules
fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section
4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution shall set the appeal for argument
on a date not less than 30 days after the expiration of the time limited for
filing briefs and as soon thereafter as the state of the calendar will permit.
Preference shall be given to appeals in criminal cases over appeals in civil
cases.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

JUDGMENT UPON APPEAL

††††† NRS 177.225Judgment may be affirmed but cannot be reversed without
argument.Judgment of affirmance
may be granted without argument, if the appellant fail to appear. But judgment
of reversal can only be given upon argument, orally or upon written brief,
though the respondent fail to appear.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446)

††††† NRS 177.235Number of counsel in argument on appeal.Upon the argument of the appeal, if the
offense is punishable with death, two counsel shall be heard on each side, if
they require it. In any other case the Court may, in its discretion, restrict
the argument to one counsel on each side.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446)

††††† NRS 177.245Defendant need not be present. [Effective through December 31,
2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No.
14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]The defendant need not
personally appear in the Supreme Court.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446)

††††† NRS 177.245Defendant need not be
present. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]The defendant
need not personally appear in the appellate court of competent jurisdiction.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.255Court to give judgment without regard to technical errors.After hearing the appeal, the Court shall give
judgment without regard to technical error or defect which does not affect the
substantial rights of the parties.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1446)

††††† NRS 177.265Determination of appeal. [Effective through December 31, 2014,
and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]The Supreme Court may reverse, affirm, or
modify the judgment appealed from, and may, if necessary or proper, order a new
trial.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447)

††††† NRS 177.265Determination of appeal.
[Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]The appellate court of competent jurisdiction
pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada
Constitution may reverse, affirm, or modify the judgment appealed from, and
may, if necessary or proper, order a new trial.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.267Time within which Supreme Court shall render opinion on appeal
from judgment of death. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that
date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

††††† 1. An appeal to the Supreme Court from a
judgment of death or the review of such a judgment by that Court must be
decided and an opinion rendered within 150 days after the Court has received
the record on appeal from the clerk of the sentencing court. If an opinion is
not rendered within that time, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall
state on the record the reasons which caused the delay and the facts supporting
those reasons.

††††† 2. Any failure of the Court to comply with
the requirements of this section is not a ground for setting aside the judgment
of death.

††††† NRS 177.267Time within which court
of appeals or Supreme Court shall render opinion on appeal from judgment of
death. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution
No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General
Election.]

††††† 1. An appeal to the appellate court of
competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court
pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6
of the Nevada Constitution from a judgment of death or the review of such a
judgment by that court must be decided and an opinion rendered within 150 days
after the court has received the record on appeal from the clerk of the
sentencing court. If an opinion is not rendered within that time, the Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as applicable,
shall state on the record the reasons which caused the delay and the facts
supporting those reasons.

††††† 2. Any failure of the court to comply with
the requirements of this section is not a ground for setting aside the judgment
of death.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1985, 388; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.275Defendant to be discharged on reversal without ordering new
trial. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the
provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified
by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]If
a judgment against the defendant is reversed, without ordering a new trial, the
Supreme Court shall direct, if the defendant is in custody, that the defendant
be discharged therefrom, or if admitted to bail, that the defendantís bail be
exonerated, or if money be deposited instead of bail, that it be refunded to
the defendant.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447)

††††† NRS 177.275Defendant to be
discharged on reversal without ordering new trial. [Effective January 1, 2015,
if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and
ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]If
a judgment against the defendant is reversed, without ordering a new trial, the
appellate court of competent jurisdiction shall direct, if the defendant is in
custody, that the defendant be discharged therefrom, or if admitted to bail,
that the defendantís bail be exonerated, or if money be deposited instead of
bail, that it be refunded to the defendant.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.285Judgment to be executed on affirmance. [Effective through
December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]On a judgment
of affirmance against the defendant, the original judgment shall be carried
into execution, as the Supreme Court shall direct.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447)

††††† NRS 177.285Judgment to be executed
on affirmance. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint
Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014
General Election.]On a judgment
of affirmance against the defendant, the original judgment shall be carried
into execution, as the appellate court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

††††† NRS 177.305Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to cease after certificate of
judgment remitted. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date
unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and
ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]After
the certificate of judgment has been remitted, the Supreme Court shall have no
further jurisdiction of the appeal or of the proceedings thereon, and all
orders which may be necessary to carry the judgment into effect shall be made
by the Court to which the certificate is remitted.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447)

††††† NRS 177.305Jurisdiction of court of
appeals or Supreme Court to cease after certificate of judgment remitted.
[Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]After the certificate of judgment has been
remitted, the appellate court of competent jurisdiction shall have no further
jurisdiction of the appeal or of the proceedings thereon, and all orders which
may be necessary to carry the judgment into effect shall be made by the court
to which the certificate is remitted.

††††† (Added to NRS by 1967, 1447; A 2013, 1761,
effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14
(2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)